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From Korea, a fairy tale for adults that makes readers happy with its violence and nightmares

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Oct 20, 2018

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An Introduction of Han Yujoo’s <The Impossible Fairy Tale 불가능한 동화>

Han Yujoo’s ‘The Impossible Fairy Tale’ is the second example after ‘The Vegetarian’ of modern Korean fiction making a mark on Indian readers.

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Un impossible conte de fées: Roman
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Un impossible conte de fées: RomanHan Yujoo

Hwang Jiyoung
Jean-Claude de Crescenzo
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2020

Mia et La môme se côtoient sans se connaître. Elles sont camarades de classe. Mia possède tout ce qu'un enfant peut désirer dans la vie, sauf l'essentiel. Quant à La môme, elle n'a pas cette chance. Autant dire que les deux écolières n'ont en apparence aucun point commun. Pourtant, ce soir-là, un...
The Impossible Fairy Tale
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The Impossible Fairy TaleHan Yujoo

Janet Hong
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2017

A chilling, wildly original novel from a major new voice from South Korea The Impossible Fairy Tale is the story of two unexceptional grade-school girls. Mia is "lucky"—she is spoiled by her mother and, as she explains, her two fathers. She gloats over her exotic imported color pencils and won't be...
The Future of Silence
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The Future of SilenceO Chong-hui / Kim Chi-wŏn / Sŏ Yŏng-ŭn / Pak Wan-sŏ / Kong Sŏn-ok / Han Yujoo / Kim Sagwa / Ch'ŏn Un-yŏng / KIM Ae-ran

Bruce Fulton
Ju-Chan Fulton
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2018

These nine stories span half a century of contemporary writing in Korea (1970s–2010s), bringing together some of the most famous twentieth-century women writers with a new generation of young, bold voices. Their work explores a world not often seen in the West, taking us into the homes, families,...
The Impossible Fairytale
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The Impossible FairytaleYujoo Han

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2013
Black and White Photographer
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Black and White PhotographerHan Yujoo

Janet Hong
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2009

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National Translation Award 2018 shortlists announced
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National Translation Award 2018 shortlists announced

Australia
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Books And Publishing
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Sep 6, 2018

National Translation Award 2018 shortlists announced. (Including Han Yujoo's <THE IMPOSSIBLE FAIRY TALE 불가능한 동화>)
إعلان القائمة القصيرة لجائزة الترجمة الوطنية الأمريكية فى الشعر والنثر 2018
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إعلان القائمة القصيرة لجائزة الترجمة الوطنية الأمريكية فى الشعر والنثر 2018

Egypt
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Day7
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Sep 10, 2018

أعلنت الجمعية الأمريكية للمترجمين الأدبية، عن القائمة القصيرة لجائزة الترجمة الوطنية لعام 2018، فى الشعر والنثر، فى دورتها العاشرة، ويحصل الفائز في كل من الفئتين على جائزة قدرها 2500 دولار أمريكى.
HT Picks
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HT Picks

Republic of India
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Hindustan Times
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Sep 7, 2018

This week’s recommended reads include Mohammad Hanif’s much-awaited new novel, a book that presents Manto through the eyes of his friends and foes, and the translation of a Korean novel
Announcing the Longlists for the 2018 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose!
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Announcing the Longlists for the 2018 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose!

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ALTA
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Jul 16, 2018

<The Impossible Fairy Tale> by Han Yujoo translated from the Korean by Janet Hong is announced the longlists for the 2018 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose
Australia’s taste for translated literature is getting broader, and that’s a good thing
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Australia’s taste for translated literature is getting broader, and that’s a good thing

Australia
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theconversation
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May 22, 2018

Australia’s taste for translated literature is getting broader, and that’s a good thing. In Australia, small and independent presses have been leading the charge. Brow Books, the new books imprint of Melbourne literary magazine The Lifted Brow, recently announced a co-publishing agreement with UK-...

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BCLT Literary Translation Workshop
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- United Kingdom
BCLT Literary Translation Workshop

2017/07/23 to 2017/07/29

Since signing a Memorandum of Understanding in 2015 with the British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT)—a prominent supporter of literary translation in the UK—the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) has sent Translation Academy translators to the UK each summer to take part...
PEN World Voices Festival
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- USA
PEN World Voices Festival

2017/05/01 to 2017/05/07

With support from the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea, President: Kim Seong-Kon, propfessor Emeritus at Seoul National University), Korean writers Bae Suah and Han Yujoo participated in the 13th PEN World Voices Festival, held from May 1 to 7. Organized by the PEN American...
<Asia Literary Review> Publishing Special Issue on Korean Literature
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- United Kingdom
<Asia Literary Review> Publishing Special Issue on Korean Literature

2016/05/10 to 2016/05/13

The Asia Literary Review (ALR) held events in collaboration with LTI Korea from May 10 to 13 to celebrate the launch of its latest issue, which celebrates Korean literature. LTI Korea took writers Cheon Myeong-kwan and Han Yujoo, whose stories are included in ALR’s spring issue, to London to give...
Residence Program for Writers
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- USA
Residence Program for Writers

2008/07/01 to 2008/08/31

a residency program that invites notable translators from overseas and supports their long-term stay in Korea was held again in 2008. LTI Korea invited 29 translators working in ten languages. The invited translators had the opportunity to meet Korean writers, collect information for their...

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From Korea, a fairy tale for adults that makes readers happy with its violence and nightmares

Description

E-Book (5)

Un impossible conte de fées: RomanHan Yujoo

The Impossible Fairy TaleHan Yujoo

The Future of SilenceO Chong-hui / Kim Chi-wŏn / Sŏ Yŏng-ŭn / Pak Wan-sŏ / Kong Sŏn-ok / Han Yujoo / Kim Sagwa / Ch'ŏn Un-yŏng / KIM Ae-ran

The Impossible FairytaleYujoo Han

Black and White PhotographerHan Yujoo

Translated Books (9)

Left's Right, Right's Left

Hefte für ostasiatische Literatur (55. Schwarzweiß-Fotograf)

The Impossible Fairytale

Keulmadang : Littérature coréenne

Asia Literary Review: Spring 2012

News from Abroad (32)

National Translation Award 2018 shortlists announced

إعلان القائمة القصيرة لجائزة الترجمة الوطنية الأمريكية فى الشعر والنثر 2018

HT Picks

Announcing the Longlists for the 2018 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose!

Australia’s taste for translated literature is getting broader, and that’s a good thing

International Events (4)

BCLT Literary Translation Workshop

PEN World Voices Festival

<Asia Literary Review> Publishing Special Issue on Korean Literature

Residence Program for Writers

Report/Texts (5)

2008 Seoul Young Writers'Festival : Anthology Republic of Korea / Literature Translation Institute of Korea / 2008

2008 서울, 젊은 작가들 Republic of Korea / Literature Translation Institute of Korea / 2008

2012 한국문학번역원 번역아카데미 정규과정 제5기 번역실습작품집 Republic of Korea / Literature Translation Institute of Korea / 2012

2013 한국문학번역원 번역아카데미 정규과정 제5기 번역실습작품집 Republic of Korea / Literature Translation Institute of Korea / 2013

2010 한국문학번역원 번역아카데미 심화과정 번역실습작품집 Republic of Korea / Literature Translation Institute of Korea / 2010